Search

Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) is the most common fetal and neonatal tumour affecting 1 in 40,000 live births. The anomaly usually manifests in the 2nd trimester and 1st trimester diagnosis is extremely uncommon. The current case affirms the unpredictable nature of SCT where in spite of a first trimester diagnosis, the tumour followed a relatively benign course. [Extracted from the article]

An abstract of the oral presentation "Crash sign": Displacement and deformation of mesencephalon against occipital bone in the diagnosis of spina bifida at 11?13 weeks" by F. Ushakov and others, at the 24th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Barcelona, Spain, is presented.